Can Rep. Anthony Weiner Survive? It's 'Iffy' Carville Says

Whether or not Rep. Anthony Weiner’s political career can survive this scandal depends on what else – if anything – comes out.

“If the facts keep coming out more and more, and people start freaking out, he talked on the congressional phone or something like that, it’s going to be, it’s going to be iffy,” James Carville told me. “And one of the reasons is he is a talented guy, but he’s not a particularly popular guy in the caucus.”

“But the Democrats have certainly called for an ethics investigation which is their right to do. I – of course there is always a little hypocrisy going on in these things. I think the public is just livid at this and it just seems so distractive,” he said.